How common is the surname Cast?

1,258 people in the United States had the surname Cast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cast?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cast?

P. C. Cast, American writer (1960-), followed by Kristin Cast.

Where is the surname Cast most common?

Wikidata records people named Cast in the United States.

Is the surname Cast getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Cast

A surname, carried by 1,258 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cast is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, Americanized from Kast. * As an English surname, variant of Cass. * As a French surname, from Cast, Finistère in Brittany, ultimately from Latin castra (“fortification”). Sometimes also a variant of Caste, from Old French chaste (“chaste”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,258 people named Cast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,274.

#20,937

rank among US surnames

1,258

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,587)

Who is named Cast

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

82% of people named Cast identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Casts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

P. C. Cast
American writer (1960-)
Kristin Cast
American writer (1986- )
Tricia Cast
American actress, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cast

Cast has the Soundex code C230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C230.

Questions

Where does the surname Cast come from?: * As a German surname, Americanized from Kast. * As an English surname, variant of Cass. * As a French surname, from Cast, Finistère in Brittany, ultimately from Latin castra (“fortification”). Sometimes also a variant of Caste, from Old French chaste (“chaste”).
How common is the surname Cast?: 1,258 people in the United States had the surname Cast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cast?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cast?: P. C. Cast, American writer (1960-), followed by Kristin Cast.
Where is the surname Cast most common?: Wikidata records people named Cast in the United States.
Is the surname Cast getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, down 1.3%.